“Syrian President Bachar Assad must realize that if he provokes Israel his regime will collapse,” Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, thrilled by the “art” of threats to the region, warned on Friday.
But only hours after his “fascinating” threats, Lieberman and those surrounding him perceived that he has made a huge “mistake.”
In his first reaction, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed Cabinet Secretary Tzvi Hauser to call all government ministers and order them to refrain from making any Syria-related remarks.
But the issue is not limited to the official “mum” imposed by Netanyahu on Lieberman as well as his “colleagues” in the Israeli cabinet. Lieberman has in fact turned himself to the “scapegoat” as Zionist analysts believe that Israel is too weak to overthrow the regime in Syria given that Damascus has benefitted from the experience of the July war in Lebanon, something that should push Israel to reconsider its position in any new confrontation.'
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Of course, it's not that staging a coup in Syria is wrong...it's just that we can't do it right now.
ReplyDeleteHow revealing. :)